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Enough with the excuses. Help Vermont’s loggers.
The closure of the Finch Paper mill in Glens Falls, New York, has significantly impacted loggers, truckers, and landowners in Vermont and the Northeast. The mill, operational since 1865, processed large volumes of low-grade hemlock pulp, which now lacks alternative markets. The author urges legislators to stop carbon credit sales on state and federal lands to support the region's forest products industry.
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